RE: Pain in the neck

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Unwin
>
> Re the spinosaur tooth lodged in the neck of an ornithocheirid.
>
> This is a very efficient response to the problem of what to do if you are
> a piscivorous spinosaur and someone keeps nicking your fish - eat the
> competition.
>
> Alternatively, this might have been a 'dare' that went tragically wrong.
> Apparently, ornithocheirids had a rather crude sense of humour.

That, and we all now how their annoying cackling voices really got on
spinosaurid's nerves...


                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
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University of Maryland          College Park Scholars
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